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cur wedding
he attempts 20 spe2k lightly, bat the
sad look On ths giEi Is face checks llIa.
He i, hoNever. 80 slxted b the victory
already achieved - know any fe@r for
TIE futuFe. No dcs4bt she IS pinirg Al the
thought - leaving Ter hofne, 63t oeee
ElaFtied q him. the power a1a persist
eace q lis love viii conquer al regrets.
- be ihiIks; - he Fslnly believes
Don look - zrieysds my darling "
he WHISPERS fondiy. pressing Ter
hand between both his own Think
q the long ard happy future that
lies before yeu, With ne forever
Gs your slave. The tins vii come,
Nadine, vhen yea viii not regard any
ties bat the one that binds me 10 yon-
Ties OF hor4e aBd kindred VIII be Is
n4ught beside il. Though now, perhaps,
YOU give ms your heart unwiflingiy,
then yoa viii love even as You are se-
= arf. a taraasr ..F.1
blended with thisH He presses his bps
ecstatlcally 70 the hand he stih holds.
His whole face grows bright with tie
affection that glows within him. Then
one word that lie has usel returns 10 him
with unpleasant force. Unwilling,
he goes on musingiy, ffowning slightly.
Yes, you are unwilling 10 give me your
heart"
All, noi' SAYS she gently, and with a
troubled air OF uncertainty, - aln not
unwilling You mistake me. ! would,
with all my soul. that | could love yot, as
you desire. ana perhaps. indeed, IN
timen- she hesiiates, - though lost
IN a labyrinth OF painful thought No,
l am not unwilling, - she repeats again,
feeling how good thing il would be for
her could she indeed 0bliterate from her
mind all the too dear past and give her
self entirely 10 this man. "You speak rs
though / an obstinately withholding
something's II sou believed you were
robbing me Of the heart on which you
set such store. But il is not so. What
ever else you may have stolen, il was not
my love. You cannot steal that; but
some day, perhaps, l shall give it To you "
Preoccupisd as she is with sad and
hurtful memory, she is reused 70 present
/ life by the curious glance and start that
follows on her speech. Both arc subdued
as suddenly as they came, and Annerley
once more regards her with only the ar
/ dent look Of affection that before was his;
/ but Nadine cannot forget that they were
there. Has he heard of Mr.. Durany Has
Madness acquaintance with him come 70
his ears: Does he suspect Duran OF
being the thief who has stolen from him
his loves heart: She feels little cold
and sick with anxiety as she waits for
his next words. They reassuTe her.
''You give me fresh lfe," he says.
"Some day, indeed. the love ! crave shall
be mine And now," glancing at his
watch, II fear our last moment has come.
Now | naust bid you farewell, until the
happy time that will see me home with
you, with our near marriage only few
hours distant Good-by, nay darling, my
best bclOvedH'
Not living soul is in sight. Folding
her closely in his arms, he holds her 10
him as though he could never again
! suffer her TO go. Sne feels the reality,
the wild earnestness of his love at this
instant a. she never before realized it,
Softened, suhdued by it, she gently re
turns his embrace, aud then stands back
from him.
you will think of me-kindly, low
ingly;' breathes he with passionate en-
treaty Sweetheart if you could only
know how hard il is to part from you fol
even these few days Nadine, have pity or
me. and try 10 love me in my absence They
say absence makes the heart grow fon
der prove the saying true. Alas! how
fatally honest your sweet eyes can be
There is nothing in them foT me-nOth
ing but pity, Well. even that is better
than a few other things / could name
il is at least akin 10 love. But have yOJ
no serrow in that we must partg Ar,
You cold always Suppose we should
never meet again after this houT-nevcl
in all o,tr yeavs on earth would not thii
move youe Why. no. You icok bewil
dored, but not sad. 1t is the last mo
ment / canDot see you again to-nigh
---DNNdUNr- DlL~-et Ol- ANfhNA Lt4-iA
that. Good-by, ny pretty girlV'
Once again he folds her in his arms
Once again he passionately presses hi
lips 10 hers.
He releases her.
"This fear Of mine is folly" he whis
pers heavily. 1T IS but for a week o.
two. We shall meet again, to know n
other parting-sGve desthr'
He guides her quickly on her backward
way To where again the gates loom larg'
and dark Into Gao outside he put
her, lays his face for Gn instant agaius
her palm, and then IS lost among TIT
growing raists Il the night.
Now, and OILY now. Nadine reTuem
bers how she hcd forgotten 20 tel him O
the projected visit 70 Valworth Park
CHAPTER XVI.
A sweeping lawn; broad terraces; fa
aw0y as tho cye can sec n cleaning